I know I have spent too much time looking up new games so when I find something that looks legit I want to share it with everyone.  Someone posted this link on another game website in the forums and after translating the Swedish to English for the Crysis 2 review it seems like a legit and respectable opinion. So here is the site, if you have Google Chrome it'll ask if you want to translate just click yes and you should be able to read it fairly well other than a hiccup in translation here or there.  Story looks to be about 13 hours long which is a nice change from the most recent shooter Homefront that clocked in at under 5 hours.  The AI sounds like it's some of the smartest yet, the levels are open and varied as to allow you to approach each battle or area uniquely and the story sounds so-so.  Seems like the biggest gripe is a weak story and some tiresome dialogue but if the gameplay is up to par shouldn't hold it back that much. 
  
Full review at the link below.  You could probably cut and past text too if you don't have a translator on your web-browser for Swedish - English.
http://www.gamereactor.se/recensioner/26491/Crysis+2/?sid=68784f04514af76022d4564c0ee8aec1

Aaa don´t know let´s not jump into conclusions just yet.. see what happend with Homefront early reviews.. 
 
Personally I can say I finally played the demo and Im enjoying it kinda a COD with better graphics, I like the fast phase and the shoot feel.. sure Im buying it, but I don´t know about the campaign, Crytek is somewhat of a Guerrilla studio like.. technically they good but they drop the ball in storytelling.  
 
Also have to add about the multiplayer:  Im loving no auto aim, seems to me like a mix betewn Halo and COD.. games i like both

  13 hour story you say? I want to believe

Bummer about the story. After all the interviews with Richard Morgan about the writing I had high hops for it. He said all the right things, but I guess he didn't deliver (the again, it's only one guys opinion).

Gamereactor is a free magazine. I wonder where they get their money.  
 
But really now. This is a game that I feel I can't trust other people's opinions on. A lot of people missed the point of the first game and played it like it was CoD, which is a pretty boring way to play the game, and if Crysis 2 supports that playstyle better, obviously they will like it better while the people who liked the first game will like it less.  
 
It just feels like this game will either rip my heart out violently or make sweet love to it. I'm gonna try not to let reviews/pre-release material swing my opinion.

13 hours to finish the console version (the terrible port done to the PS3 does not count) sounds possible if you're slow and like to go ooh and aaah and capture stills and videos while playing, while also writing things to keep in mind for the article/review/whatev.
 
Translated means: 9 hours tops for you or me, if we take time and enjoy ourselves
 
Something I did in Crysis, more than just go from A to B, was to mess around in the open world finding other ways of achieving my goals. I did the very same in GTA4. I would lose all faith in GTA if GTA5 came out and gave me only one road from A to B rather than an entire county, so I know I'm not going to enjoy this before I even try it :(

" For my money, this is the best "game" Crytek made in their career, yet."

 Seems like the biggest gripe is a weak story and some tiresome dialogue but if the gameplay is up to par shouldn't hold it back that much.

It's true that you can't usually trust early reviews.  When I heard the good reviews about Homefront they didn't seem to quantify what was good and what wasn't in detail. I was skeptical and then add in the fact that no demo was arriving, extreme hype, and little to no actual gameplay footage and I put up a caution flag.  The early reviews were haphazardly put together and from sites I knew I couldn't trust.  
 
I felt this review was of good length and went into some great depth to explain various pros and cons about the game.  It was damn long at about 20-25 paragraphs which was nice and I made sure to check their backlog of reviews to make sure they don't give everything a 9/10.    

If nothing else I learned more about the game then from what I've seen in previews.  That combined with what I've experienced in the Xbox 360 multi-player demo helped me to feel better about a pre-order on amazon.  I didn't want to have what happened to the Homefront people happening to me and the next day realizing I was tricked into buying a game just because of the media hype and ads.

13 hours is 9 hours too long for FPSs these days!

" @Korosuzo said:

 Seems like the biggest gripe is a weak story and some tiresome dialogue but if the gameplay is up to par shouldn't hold it back that much.

That's funny, because if you remember, Richard Morgan-the lead writer on the game-was talking big game about how game stories are always garbage and he's going to make a difference this time around. "

I can remember the days when I would have considered 13 hours to be short! 

" 13 hours is 9 hours too long for FPSs these days! "

I've been playing the multiplayer demo non-stop and managed to reach level 10 within an hour and a bit :- )

Anything over 6 hours is long for a shooter these days, sadly so.  Still, if a lot of that 13 is just backtracking and repetitive stuff (repetitive even for an FPS) then length won't make a difference.

Anything over 6 hours is long for a shooter these days, sadly so.  Still, if a lot of that 13 is just backtracking and repetitive stuff (repetitive even for an FPS) then length won't make a difference.

" @buzz_killington said:

" @Korosuzo said:

 Seems like the biggest gripe is a weak story and some tiresome dialogue but if the gameplay is up to par shouldn't hold it back that much.

That's funny, because if you remember, Richard Morgan-the lead writer on the game-was talking big game about how game stories are always garbage and he's going to make a difference this time around. "

Ha ha thats right I remember that. I guess everyone saying that his story would be just as bad were right.  I had heard that the start of the game is rather slow and uninteresting but I will probably get this eventually.  "

 http://www.gamereactor.dk/anmeldelser/83084/Crysis+2/  The danish review is also up, same score. He clocked the campaign at 12 hours. And praises the game for its pace and change in action to keep it from getting boring. Biggest complaint is the lack of a proper story, and that the aliens look and move like chrome gorillas with dreadlocks. 
 
EDIT: Just noticed it's the same review just translated.

These suits are made for punching aliens in the face, and that's just what they'll do.

"  http://www.gamereactor.dk/anmeldelser/83084/Crysis+2/  The danish review is also up, same score. He clocked the campaign at 12 hours. And praises the game for its pace and change in action to keep it from getting boring. Biggest complaint is the lack of a proper story, and that the aliens look and move like chrome gorillas with dreadlocks.   EDIT: Just noticed it's the same review just translated. "

I've got high hopes for Crysis 2 (pre-ordered for 360).  I think expecting a Far Cry 1 level of open-ness to my console shooters is expecting a bit much these days, although It would've been sweet to roam around NYC picking up missions in a non-linear fashion while progressing through the larger game in a hub-to-hub manner. Certainly, the dev team probably wanted to do a lot of epic scripted moments too and that is rather difficult to balance against open world antics. 
 
I recall an early developer video explaining how they were trying to achieve "mini sandboxes" within the framework of a linear, highly scripted campaign, but essentially all they're saying is that they've given you a bunch of tools (weapons, power suit abilities) and don't force you to just use one tool to overcome any single encounter or obstacle.  In developer-speak, it's:  "hey, our game is a bit more than just shooting!". 
 
But it really is all about shooting with some cloaking and ground-smashing thrown into the mix.  I'm perfectly fine with that.

Nice.  
 
x360 Singleplayer Gameplay 
 
  

I understand Swedish, and based on that review the game seems pretty damn good.

Nice to see some positive scores coming in. I feel justified for loving the demo now.

" Official Xbox Magazine UK  also gave it a 90  "